Boss on phone: We had them over a barrel, and now they want to test the waters and see if it's greener on the other side.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Boss on phone: We had them over a barrel, and now they want to test the waters and see if it's greener on the other side.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Coworker: I want to get in the Christmas spirit, but I just can't afford it.
Jacksonville, Florida
Pushy boss: Go on! Get in there! It's a meet-and-greet! Don't you want to meet the folks you'll be servicing?
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Waiting to be Serviced
Male gay CSR to female straight CSR: The underwear I'm wearing right now is so cute I wish I could show it to you!
San Diego, California
Overheard by: Leigh
Manager: Sarah*, why do you have all of those little baggies at your desk?
Sarah: Because you never know when someone will need one, or when we have those potlucks and people want to take things home, or try someone else's dish, or take it home to their kids…
Manager: Sarah, are you sure you're not dealing?
Sarah: Well, maybe I should…I do have a scale at my desk…
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: I'll buy some
Coworker #1, entering elevator: I hope there's no smell today.
Coworker #2: Yeaaah.
Ottawa
Canadia
Coworker to another: Hey, man, if you want to call 'em ramparts, you call 'em ramparts.
Pasadena, California
Male coworker #1: Megan* says she's going to Taco Bell for lunch and she hopes nobody is pissed.
Male coworker #2: Why would someone be pissed?
Male coworker #1: Cause she knows that you like some Taco Bell.
Male coworker #2: I do,but I certainly am not in the business of depriving people of Taco Bell.
Lynchburg, Virginia
Office woman #1, listening to police scanner: Why are all those stupid people out in the rain?
Office woman #2: I understand that when it's time to leave work, you want to leave.
Office guy: I would rather drown than spend another hour here at work than I have to.
Norfolk, Virginia
Overheard by: Underpaid
Male: There was a mouse in the trap, did you want to see it?
Female: Not really. I guess I could have given it mouth-to-mouse.
Male: Hahaha! Have you had any mice?
Female: No, there hasn't been any activity in my drawers. Oh! That sounded bad.
Ogden, Utah
Overheard by: Connie